عنوان

The Jurisprudence of Thomas Berry

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LA129554

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Title Proper

The Jurisprudence of Thomas Berry

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Peter Burdon

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

On June 1 2009 Fr Thomas Berry passed away at his home in Greensboro N.C. In his final book before passing, Berry challenged human society to a carry out a transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner. This 'Great Work' encompassed religion, education, science and law. In this paper I will address Berry's argument that our current legal system supports the destruction of the environment and outline two ideas he put forward for evolving law. The first idea recognises that human law operates within and should be bound by the overarching laws of the natural world. From this perspective, the laws of nature are primary and human law would receive its legal quality and authority from its conformity with this law. The second proposal was to recognise that the earth consists of subjects, not objects and that all subjects are capable of holding rights. I will consider this argument in the context of two recent enactments of 'rights for nature' legislation in municipalities in the United States and in the constitution of Ecuador. On June 1 2009 Fr Thomas Berry passed away at his home in Greensboro N.C. In his final book before passing, Berry challenged human society to a carry out a transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner. This 'Great Work' encompassed religion, education, science and law. In this paper I will address Berry's argument that our current legal system supports the destruction of the environment and outline two ideas he put forward for evolving law. The first idea recognises that human law operates within and should be bound by the overarching laws of the natural world. From this perspective, the laws of nature are primary and human law would receive its legal quality and authority from its conformity with this law. The second proposal was to recognise that the earth consists of subjects, not objects and that all subjects are capable of holding rights. I will consider this argument in the context of two recent enactments of 'rights for nature' legislation in municipalities in the United States and in the constitution of Ecuador.

Date of Publication

2011

Physical description

151-167

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

15/2

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

CONCEPT OF LAW

Subject Term

COSMOLOGY

Subject Term

CULTURAL CHANGE

Subject Term

EARTH JURISPRUDENCE

Subject Term

GREAT JURISPRUDENCE

Subject Term

JURISPRUDENCE

Subject Term

RIGHTS OF NATURE

Subject Term

THOMAS BERRY

Subject Term

UNIVERSE STORY

Peter Burdon

Call Number

10.1163/156853511X574478

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[Article]

275578

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